Author: BEX Staff

Giving Back 1. From 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Nov. 3, Valley Partnership-led volunteers will build a park, garden, football field and playground for the Sunshine Acres Children’s Home. Groundbreakings 2. Construction has begun on the first phase of the New Square $57M mixed-use development in downtown Chandler. Phase I includes 50KSF of office space, a 110-room Hilton Garden Inn and 9KSF of restaurant space. 3. Work is underway following the issuance of a $26.5M building permit for a 200KSF office building to house GEICO’s new facility in Tucson. 4. ADM Group, Inc. announced groundbreakings on state-of-the-art gymnasium facilities at four…

By Adrienne St. Clair and Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Architecture All & Associates has submitted a proposal to the City of Peoria on behalf of Dr. Satinder Purewal to build a behavioral health facility in the Trianna Park development. The new 24-hour inpatient Springdale Center will be a 43KSF one-story building, though it will feature two-stories in the entrance for an atrium and administrative offices. The building will have four wings that will consist of either 24 or 30 beds. At full capacity, the facility can house 108 patients. Plans also include a dementia facility. The 12.42-acre lot…

By Roland Murphy for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Last week the City of Phoenix released its second “Transportation 2050 Progress Report,” covering July 1, 2017-June 30, 2018. “The voter-approved T2050 plan continues to improve transportation in Phoenix through a continually improving transit system and new paving projects on our city’s busiest arterial streets,” said Mayor Thelda Williams, introducing the report. “The horizon for Phoenix’s transportation future is bright with new light rail projects ready to start, new asphalt smoothing the drive on even more busy streets, and our bus system advancing to fill in the grid.” In 2015, Phoenix voters approved…

Sales Transactions 1. Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust Inc. paid $11.65M to acquire student housing complex The District on 5th, a 208-unit complex at 550 N. Fifth Ave, Tucson. It has 764 beds for rent in models with one, two, three and four bedrooms. The purchase was part of a $1.2B buy Blackstone made of EdR Student Housing Portfolio in a joint venture with Greystar Real Estate Partners. 2. The Chase Tower in downtown Phoenix was sold for $107.5M, six months after it was bought at a trustee sale for $78.8M. According to Maricopa County Recorder documents, Viola Lordsmeer LP bought…

By Adrienne St. Clair for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Mountain View Medical Center, LLC has submitted a proposal to the Town of Paradise Valley to redevelop the existing Mountain View Medical Center on the SEC of Tatum and Shea Boulevards into a new “competitive” healthcare complex The current medical center was built more than 30 years ago, and the surrounding area has since seen extensive renovation. With that in mind, the owners are determined to redevelop their 9.79-acre property in order to “maintain the Medical Center’s future viability, and its ability to attract premier providers to Paradise Valley.” Mountain View Medical…

By AZBEX Staff for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Contractor bids for the planned new 66.3KSF Superior Courthouse in Kingman are being solicited by Mohave County. According to an article in Mohave Valley Daily News, construction costs are projected between $18M-$19.7M. Build time is estimated at roughly two years. The report cited Superior Court Administrator Kip Anderson as saying bids are expected to be awarded by December and potentially going to supervisors for approval in January. The county contracted with Dick & Fritsche Design Group to plan the new facility. The design calls for a four-story structure to be built next to…

Awards & Accolades 1. Sundt Construction, Inc. employee-owners Eric Cylwik and Ryan Haines were honored as finalists for the Autodesk Innovation Award at the Associated General Contractors of America Centennial Celebration. The two won third place for their civil construction toolkit. 2. NAI Horizon received the NAI Global President’s Award for Major Market in recognition of its leadership, teamwork and performance. The award recognizes NAI offices that have demonstrated a commitment to the strategic vision of the enterprise by leading in action as evidenced by teamwork, leadership and/or business generation. 3. Christoph Lohr, a lead plumbing engineer for Henderson Engineers in Phoenix, was presented the…

Awards & Accolades 1. Achen-Gardner Construction’s Primus Line installation project at Thunderbird Road and the Loop 101 for the City of Peoria has won a 2018 Engineering Excellence Grand Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Arizona. Groundbreakings 2. True North Studio, LLC announced The Cambria Hotel in downtown Phoenix — Roosevelt Row Arts District — has started construction and is set to open in late 2019. The project is in collaboration with Choice Hotels International, Inc. 3. A six-month Arizona Department of Transportation project to replace the deck of the bridge over Interstate 10 at Pinal Air Park Road will…

By Tasha Anderson for Arizona Builder’s Exchange It’s October, which — in the world of public projects — means the Capital Improvement Plans are out for public viewing, and municipalities are planning for another fiscal year of new construction, expansion and maintenance. It’s also time for the third annual AZBEX Public Works Conference, where attendees gather to gain insight into the public sector and network with industry professionals. More than 200 attendees gathered at the DoubleTree by Hilton in Tempe on Thursday, October 18th, for an afternoon of looking into the current and future state of the public sector… and…

By Adrienne St. Clair for Arizona Builder’s Exchange Blue Water Group, LLC has submitted a project proposal to the City of Mesa to build a single-story manufacturing building on the SEC of Jasmine and 48th Streets. The project, called Project Jasmine, will be built on an 8.5-acre property located south of both McKellips Road and of Falcon Field Airport on 48th street, in the “Business Park” district of the city. It will be accessed from both the Loop 202 Freeway and Higley or Greenfield Roads. According to the meeting notice sent to area residents and property owners, the project owner…